With the fruit garden this week we have been battling the deer. The reason we built that garden was to protect our mulberry trees better as the deer have destroyed them every year now. We hoped they wouldn’t jump in the garden but they must have been because they have eaten both trees quite badly as usual.

They have yet to touch the blueberry bushes and grapes at least.

So this weekend we put a second layer of screening up to hopefully deter the deer from jumping. 2 rolls was evidently not enough so we used both pieces we had around the trees last year and still couldn’t make it around to the doorway side. Hopefully deer are not very bright 🙁

Who knows maybe this garden will get an upgrade next year if it survives.

In the vegetable garden the seeds that we planted last week are poking through!

Near the garden we are teaming with wild life. We had a turtle come to visit – he moved into the bush behind the garden once we startled him but the girls all got to see him.

I’ll try to continue to document the garden for my own sake (and planning next year). Crossing fingers we keep the unwanted critters out!